Gambia
Title of the survey:
Labour Force Survey in Greater Banjul.
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
Central Statistics Department.
Analysis and publication of the results:
Central Statistics Department.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, time-related underemployment, hours of work, income, informal sector employment, industry, occupation, status in employment, educational level, usual activity and training.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Restricted to Banjul and Kombo St. Mary’s.
Population groups:
De facto population 10 years and above, i.e., including usual members and visitors who spent the night in the sample households.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
Not available.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
None.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Ad-hoc survey carried out in 1992.
Publication of results:
August 1995.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One week prior to the date of the interview.
Seeking work:
One week prior to the date of the interview.
Availability for work:
One week prior to the date of the interview.
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Persons who worked for pay or profit or family gain in cash or in kind during the reference period, or who had a job or own enterprise from which they were absent due to illness or injury, vacation, maternity leave, education leave, labour management dispute, bad weather, mechanical breakdowns, etc. Persons temporarily laid off without pay are included but those on indefinite lay off are excluded. Probes were carried out to include marginal activities, most of which are intended for family consumption, such as work on the farm, fishing, repair activities, collection of firewood and manufacturing of baskets and clothes.
Unemployment:
Persons who were not in employment but were available for work or preparing to start own work during the reference period. Included are persons who had made arrangements to start a new job on a date subsequent to the reference period, as well as fulltime students who were available for work. Persons seeking work during the reference period can be separately identified.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Persons who, during the reference week, worked less than 35 hours, and were available to work more hours. It is possible to identify workers who sought to work additional hours.
Inadequate unemployment situations:
No information.
Hours of work:
Total number of hours actually worked on all jobs (excluding meal time and other time away from work) on each day during the reference period.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
Usual monthly income from main paid job. Cash and non-cash income are separately identified.
Income from self-employment:
No information.
Informal sector:
No information.
Usual activity:
Persons who worked for pay or family gain at any time during the last 12 months. Information on the number of weeks worked, as well as the number of weeks of availability for work during the last 12 months are obtained. For those usually employed, information on usual occupation, industry and status in employment is obtained, while for those usually unemployed, information on the last occupation, industry and status in employment were obtained. For those usually inactive, information on their status as student, homemaker, disabled or pensioner is obtained.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous work experience.
Number of groups used for coding:
10.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.2.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous work experience.
Number of groups used for coding:
7.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-68.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed persons and unemployed persons with previous work experience.
Groups used for classification:
6 groups (employer, own account worker, paid employee, unpaid family worker, apprentice, others).
Links to ICSE:
ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
No information.
Population groups classified by education:
All persons of age 5 years and older.
Groups used for classification:
9 groups (no grade, grades 1 to 3, grades 4 to 6, grade 7, formal 1 to 4, 0 level, A Level, First Degree, Higher Degree and Others).
Links to ISCED:
Yes.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Households.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
1,280 household selected from 64 Enumeration Areas.
Overall sampling fraction:
Not available.
Sample frame:
Not available.
Updating of the sample:
Not available.
Rotation:
Scheme:
Not applicable.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
Not applicable.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Not available.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
Not applicable.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Personal interview.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
1,280 households.
Duration of field work:
Total:
One year.
Per sample area:
One year.
Survey organization:
Ad hoc organization.
Number of field staff:
Eight enumerators and two supervisors.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
Yes.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
Not available.
Adjustment for total non-response:
Not available.
Imputation for item non-response:
Not available.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
Not available.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
Not available.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
Not available.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
Not available.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
The survey described is the first survey.
Significant changes or revisions:
Not applicable.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
Not available.
Survey methodology:
Not available.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
3 years.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
No.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
Not available.
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